Quality across the lifespan®

Areas of accreditation

CARF annually accredits thousands of health and human service programs across the continuum of care, serving children to seniors. The services include many types of living and care options, including addiction and substance abuse treatment, rehabilitation after an injury or disease, employment for persons with a disability, home and community services, and retirement living. Given the diverse needs of the various populations, programs that CARF accredits are organized into standards manuals—one for each area of accreditation. Additional standards serving the unique needs of persons served are available online.

Additional standards

*Some standards are developed specifically to be used as a supplement to the program sections of other CARF standards manuals. These standards are available as complimentary PDF downloads on the
Online Standards page.

Service providers may request
blended surveys that combine programs from two or more standards manuals into a custom accreditation to meet their unique circumstances. For information about any of the CARF programs, please call (888) 281-6531 and ask to speak to a resource specialist.